Wagon-bed.



M. KLOPP.

WAGON BED.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 31,1914.

Patented Aug. 3, /0

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 191 5.

Applicatiomfiled January 31, 1914. Serial No. 815,676.

' To all tbho'me'tflwy concern: I

, citizen of the United the like.

The object of my invention is v to provide a neat, eficient' inexpensiveand most durable frame for wagon beds.

My invention consists of constructing 'a wagon bed in a new and novelmanner to produce a strong, neat. appearingand eflicient wagon bed, andone which is inexpensive to manufacture and which eliminates allunnecessary woodenstructure- In wagon beds of the ordinary wooden,construction the wood therein quickly dee'ay's and rots, particularly inwagons where *the product carried, to ether with the exposure totheweather, a ects the wood.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is aperspective view ofthe inner. channeledmetal frame as tank itappears when used separately for use on wagons,and showing the usual fixtures mounted thereon for the attachment of thesprings,brake levers, etc. Fig. 2 is an assembled view showing mycomplete device,

. the floor being broken away for the sake of clearness. Fig; 3 is aplan view of the outer frame employed in my invention. Fig. 4 isasectional perspective view of one of the of the wagon bed. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section taken on the line 5-45 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a fragment of the sill of the innerframe showing the welded joint of the cross channeled support. Fig. 7 isa perspective view of one of the placed onthe frame. I 'QjReferring moreparticularly to the drawmgs, 1 illustrates the inner channeled metalframe, which-is adapted to be placed inside of another channeled metalfiame 2. The

channeled metal frame 1 comprises channeledmetal sills 3 and channeledmetal cross supports 4 welded thereto, thereby constituting achanneledmetal wagonbed frame made practically of-one piece of channeledmetal materiaL. The sills 3 have their chainnelsfacing outwardly, inorder to provide for awooden filler and use. I 1 reinforcingmember Myimproved body is light in weight, sim- 3 5 when the two frames are-usedtogether, to form a most durable wagon bed frame.

These fillers extend the entirelength of the.

wagon bed frame; The outer channeled metal frame 2 comprises the sills 6and 7, which are preferably bent at right angles at the rear to form thefinished back 8 of the wagon bed. These rear angular extenslons 6 and 7are bolted to the inner frame 1. The channeled sills6 and Tom the outerframe face inwardly and the wooden filler or reinforcing member '5 isthen placed half in said channel on the outer sills 6 and 7, andhalf inthe channels of the inner sills 3 of the inner frame, allowing the edgesof the channeled'sills to engage each other, thereby producing a moste'ficient sill for the Wagonbed." By placing the wooden sills inside ofthe channeled sills they are securely bound together and form a mostrigid sill which is best adaptable for wagons used for heavy hauling.

The wooden filler 5 by being mountedin tected from je-"x'posure to theweather by the channeled sill on the inner and forms an efficientreinforcing and bindin member for the metal sills.

he outer frame comprising the sills 6 and 7 is bent at the fore-end toform a support for the steps of the wagon as shown at and outer frames,

the mannerdescribed is thoroughly pro- 9 and 10, and is connected at thefore end by the cross channel-iron 15, and at the rear with acorresponding cross channel iron 16.

The frames are securely the bolts 10' and assembled produce awagon bedwhich is most eficient, durable, economical to manu'-' facture and neatin appearance. a

A great advantage in constructing the sills of channel metal with thewooden filler and reinforcing member, as described, is, that it is notnecessary to further reinforce the sill with long iron plates whenconstructing platformwagons,'that is, without sides, or where the lowerframe or'bed is used only. This absolutely necessary with wooden boltedtogether by sills to prevent the same from sagging.

been placed Metal wagon beds have not on the market extensively, becauseof the fact that the expense of manufacturing was greater than that .ofwooden'ones, and they were invariably too heavy for practical and whenproperly constructed ple in construction and neater in appearance thanthose now made, due to the novel features of construction which item'bodies.

The cross supports on the wagon bed are preferably welded in position tothe sides of the metal sills and are thereby secured against any jointsbreaking on account of weak bolts, which is so often the case wi 'h thewooden beds where the bolts are used. Thus this feature overcomes anyliability of the wagon bed spreading due to a bolt break- :ng. 4

The channeled metal'cross supports pref- Y erably have the channelsfacing upwardly tank.

cross supports,

and are filled with wooden fillers 20 flush with the top of the channelswhen a flat bottom is used. However, when the frame is to carry acylindrical or square tank, the wooden fillers 20 are larger and extendup and beyond the flanges of thechanneled thereby forming tank supportblocks which are provided with cut surfaces 21 to receive and properlysupport the oil tank, as shown in Fig. 1. In this particular oil tanktype where the sills are not required to support so much weight, theouter frame and wooden filler maybe eliminated as shown in Fig. '1. Thewooden supports are placed in the channeled metal cross I bed or supportfor the The bed when used in this manner is provided with supports toform a shackles 12, used for the attachment of thesprings, and the postsfor the brake levers,

' are riveted to the sills 3, the bolts having spacing sleeves 14between the flanges of the sills to properly brace same. Channeled metalcross supports 17 are provided near 'the front of the frame shown' inFig. 1,- to

which the fifth wheel of the wagon is fastened, which in turn is,mounted on the .These supports are bolted to the inner side of theframe, having the-channels facing downwardl and are bent at 18 to carrythe wagon height from the wagon gear.

Certain modifications my invention might be made'without' departing fromits 1 v extensionsat the front to be used for the toe board 11 as shownin 1.

channels of said cross ame-at the proper I MIC spirit and scope, and Ido not wishltobe outer frame having the channeled metal sillsconnected-by transverse channeled metal supports, an outer channeledmetal frame comprising chan-' neled metal sills, said outer framesurroundin two'sides and one end of said inner channe ed frame, and awooden filler being sur-' rounded by the sills of said channeled metalframes. I V

3. In a wagon bed and in combination, an inner channeled metal frame 1having the channels thereof facing outwardly, an outer channeledmetalframe having the channels thereof facing inwardlfiyl,1 adapted to fitinto and the channels of each of said frames, at the sides thereof, saidouter channeled metal frame being fastened securely to said inner frameclamping said wood filler therebetween, and channele metal crosssupports upon sald inner frame,

substantially as set forth.

4. In-a wagon bed and m combination, an inner channeled metal framehaving channeled metal cross supports thereon, anputer channeled metalframe fastened to said inner frame on three sides thereof, and curvedportions atthe front of said outer frame.

5. A wagon bed comprising channeled metal sills havin the channelsthereof facin'g outwardly, c anneled metal cross supports havin thewardly,,an tank supporting blocks in Witnesses: f OmvnaW. Smumnr,

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- a. wood filler channels thereof facing up t e inner and outer L' KoPP; J I

